Forest Fire (7493 ha) in China 31 Jan 2023

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1011760
Countries: China
Start Date - Last detection*: 31 Jan 2023 - 01 Feb 2023
Duration (days): 1
People affected: 6126 in the burned area
Burned area: 7493 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Articles: 58 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Los terremotos más mortales de los últimos 100 años2023-02-08T13:00+0100.

MADRID.- Las cifra de muertes causadas por los fuertes terremotos en el sur de Turquía y el norte de Siria no deja de aumentar mientras los equipos de rescate trabajan entre los escombros. Tratan de frenar las consecuencias de la catástrofe
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La Cina avverte: “clima più estremo” nel 20232023-02-08T09:29+0100.

(Adnkronos) – Le regioni cinesi sono state avvertite di prepararsi a un clima più estremo quest’anno, dopo che la scorsa estate temperature da record e una lunga siccità hanno compromesso le forniture di energia elettrica del Paese e danneg
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De la devastación de Tokio en 1923 al terrible golpe a Haití en 2010: ... 2023-02-08T07:57+0100.

En 1976, en la ciudad china de Tangshan , un terremoto con una magnitud muy cercana a la de las sacudidas este lunes (7,5) dejó el mayor número de víctimas mortales en una catástrofe de este tipo en el último siglo: hasta 255.000 personas m
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La Cina avverte: “clima più estremo” nel 20232023-02-07T15:30+0100.

(Di martedì 7 febbraio 2023) (Adnkronos) - Le regioni cinesi sono state avvertite di prepararsi a un clima più estremo quest'anno, dopo che la scorsa estate temperature da record e una lunga siccità hanno compromesso le forniture di energia
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),